The Severity Of The Laws Prevents Their

When The Legislative And Executive Powers Are United In The Same Person, Or In The Same Body Of Magistrates, There Can Be No Liberty; Because Apprehensions May Arise, Lest The Same Monarch Or Senate Should Enact Tyrannical Laws, To Execute Them In A Tyrannical Manner.

Fain Would I Glide Down A Gentle River, But I Am Carried Away By A Torrent.

The Prejudices Of Superstition Are Superior To All Others, And Have The Strongest Influence On The Human Mind.

The Power Of Divorce Can Be Given Only To Those Who Feel The Inconveniences Of Marriage, And Who Are Sensible Of The Moment When It Is For Their Interest To Make Them Cease.

There Is Still Another Inconvenieney In Conquests Made By Democracies; Their Government Is Ever Odious To The Conquered States. It Is Apparently Monarchical, But In Reality It Is More Oppressive Than Monarchy, As The Experience Of All Ages And Countries Evinces.